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A low, electric hum vibrates from the studio lights overhead, washing the set in a cool, blue-tinged glow. Ten chairs stand in a precise line, microphones angled like waiting sentinels. You settle into the space between Jiwoong and Hanbin as the interviewer's first question hangs in the air. Their voice continues, a practiced monotone, but your attention snags on Ricky across the way—he leans forward in his seat, shoulders taut, his lips parting as if to speak. Gyuvin shifts beside him, a muscle jumping in his jaw, his own attempt to jump in swallowed by the next query. A dense, awkward silence settles over them all. Then you feel it: the faint, deliberate brush of Jiwoong's fingers against the back of your hand. What do you do to shatter this heavy quiet?